AnalBumCover
02-16-2005, 12:49 PM
This appears to be "old" news (two weeks), but I haven't seen mention of it here on FOFC.
link (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=2&u=/nm/20050202/tc_nm/media_videogames_godfather_dc)
EA Making 'Godfather' Game Using Brando's Voice
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marlon Brando is dead but his voice will live on, as Electronic Arts Inc. said it plans a video game version of the classic film "The Godfather" using the brooding actor's voice and likeness.
EA said on Wednesday that Brando did a recording session with game developers before he died last year, which the company will use for his character, Don Vito Corleone.
Actors James Caan -- who played Brando's son and heir apparent Sonny Corleone -- and Robert Duvall -- who played Brando's adopted son and advisor Tom Hagen -- will also lend their voices and likenesses to the game, EA said.
The game, scheduled for release this fall on most major platforms, puts the player in the role of an aspiring mobster who seeks to rise to the head of a crime family in late 1940s and early 1950s New York.
The new issue of Vanity Fair reported that Brando almost declined the legendary "Godfather" role because he felt it glorified the Mafia.
link (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=2&u=/nm/20050202/tc_nm/media_videogames_godfather_dc)
EA Making 'Godfather' Game Using Brando's Voice
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=420 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=center><TD width="40%"><!-- Yahoo TimeStamp: 1107369430 --><!-- timestamp 1107369430 1209720 secs stale 28800 secs -->Wed Feb 2, 1:37 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marlon Brando is dead but his voice will live on, as Electronic Arts Inc. said it plans a video game version of the classic film "The Godfather" using the brooding actor's voice and likeness.
EA said on Wednesday that Brando did a recording session with game developers before he died last year, which the company will use for his character, Don Vito Corleone.
Actors James Caan -- who played Brando's son and heir apparent Sonny Corleone -- and Robert Duvall -- who played Brando's adopted son and advisor Tom Hagen -- will also lend their voices and likenesses to the game, EA said.
The game, scheduled for release this fall on most major platforms, puts the player in the role of an aspiring mobster who seeks to rise to the head of a crime family in late 1940s and early 1950s New York.
The new issue of Vanity Fair reported that Brando almost declined the legendary "Godfather" role because he felt it glorified the Mafia.